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SIMBA data acquired during IAOOS drifts from the North-Pole to Fram Strait in 2013

We report continuous observations in the high Arctic (north of 84°N) over the full 2013 summer season at two nearby sites with distinct initial snow depth, ice thickness and altitude with respect to the local ice topography. The two sites subject to similar atmospheric conditions that did not favor strong ice melt showed a contrasted evolution. One site, with an initial thin sea ice (1.40 m) at a low location of the floe, witnessed the formation of a spectacular 1.20 m-deep melt pond, a pond-enhanced erosion of the ice surface and a sudden pond drainage into the ocean. Then, the outpoured fresh water rapidly froze, heated the old ice from below and also acted as a temporary shield from the ocean heat flux while it was progressively ablated through dissolution. Eventually, the site almost recovered its initial ice thickness. In contrast, the other site, with an initial thicker sea ice (1.75 m) at a high location of the floe, did not support any significant melt water and underwent over 0.5 m of continuous basal ablation. The two sites witnessed formation of superimposed and interposed ice. Sea-ice survived summer melt at the two sites which entered the refreezing season with similar snow and ice thicknesses. For the first time, processes associated with the formation of a deep melt pond and subsequent false bottom evolution are continuously documented with ice mass balance instruments. 

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Date ( Creation )
2019-01-22
Date ( Revision )
2020-06-18
Date ( Publication )
2020-12-14
Date ( Publication )
Identifier
a53ad03f-3538-5383-3837-000000058796
Unique resource identifier
DOI:10.17882/58796
Other citation details
Sennechael Nathalie, Provost Christine, Gascard Jean-Claude, Calzas Michel, Drezen Christine, Garracio Magali (2019). SIMBA data acquired during IAOOS drifts from the North-Pole to Fram Strait in 2013. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/58796
Publisher
  SEA scieNtific Open data Edition -
By address: IFREMER / IDM / SISMER - Scientific Information Systems for the SEA, IFREMER Centre de Bretagne, ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070 , PLOUZANE , 29280 , France
https://www.seanoe.org/
Dataset Holding Organisation
  Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea -

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne

ZI Pointe du diable

CS 10070

, PLOUZANE , 29280 , France
http://data.ifremer.fr/SISMER
Author
  Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea -

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne

ZI Pointe du diable

CS 10070

, PLOUZANE , 29280 , France
http://data.ifremer.fr/SISMER
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Oceanographic geographical features
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer ( Place )
  • Arctic Ocean
  • North America Mainland
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups ( Theme )
  • Water column temperature and salinity
SeaDataNet device categories ( instrument )
  • snow and ice samplers
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary ( Theme )
  • Temperature of the water column
SeaVoX Platform Categories ( platform )
  • ice shelf
MEDIN data format categories ( featureType )
  • Network Common Data Form
SeaDataNet Measurement Periodicity Categories ( Temporal )
  • hour to sub-day
Keywords
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no limitations to public access
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CC-BY 4.0
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UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
Begin date
2013-04-15
End date
2013-09-21
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WGS 1984

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  • Network Common Data Form ( 1 )

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https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/BnEMEZMpWV0S9P5 ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
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Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No
Statement
Raw data|On both IAOOS2 and IAOOS4 plaforms, the ice instrument is a SIMBA (SAMS Ice Mass Balance for the Arctic ). A SIMBA comprises a GPS and a 5 m long chain cable hanging through air, snow, sea-ice and ocean. The chain comprises solid-state sensors located every 2 cm measuring temperature at approximately 0.18°C accuracy (resolution 1/16°C). The SIMBA also features a heating mode which can be used to discriminate between different media, especially between snow and ice.
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Metadata language
en
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Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-09T00:00:00
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches - ( )

Institut Pierre Simon Laplace

Boîte 100

4 place Jussieu

, Paris , 75005 , France
https://www.locean-ipsl.upmc.fr/index.php?lang=fr
 
 

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups
Water column temperature and salinity
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
Temperature of the water column

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